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Airfield in El Monte christened as San Gabriel Valley Airport during air fair
EL MONTE >> Officials renamed Los Angeles County's airfield in El Monte as the San Gabriel Valley Airport on Sunday during an air fair and open house. Known for decades as the El Monte Airport, officials said they hoped the new name would better …Read more on The San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Shoreham crash was echo of air accidents which blighted Biggin Hill Air Fair…
During the weekend of June 2-3, 2001 there were two fatal Air Fair crashes. On the Saturday evening a Vampire, piloted by Sir Kenneth Hayr with Jonathon Kerr as co-pilot, inexplicably lost control and crashed in open ground at Keston not far from local …Read more on Sevenoaks Chronicle